animer

\a.ni.me\

/\a.ni.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“animer” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,714
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Douer de vie un corps organisé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-animer · animer · French

animer · rank #12,714 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,714
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anormal

Nearest frequency peer: anormal (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « animer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « animer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

animer vs armer
67% similar
animer vs aviser
67% similar
animer vs animes
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for animer
PropertyValue
Headwordanimer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ni.me\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,714
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « animer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).animerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « anormal » (#12,715), « amitiés » (#12,712), « antibiotiques » (#12,716). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « animer » est au #12,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around animer (IPA \a.ni.me\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,714 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for animer, with forms such as "ainmer", "aniemr", and "animerr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "armer", "aviser", "animes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is animer, spelled A-N-I-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Douer de vie un corps organisé.
  2. 2
    Douer de vivacité, de mouvement, d’une sorte de vie.
  3. 3
    Donner de la force et de la chaleur à un ouvrage d’esprit, à un discours, soit par les traits vifs et brillants que l’on y jette, soit par la manière vive dont on le lit, dont on le prononce.
  4. 4
    Encourager, exciter.
  5. 5
    Irriter, mettre en colère.
  6. 6
    Pousser, mouvoir.
  7. 7
    En parlant d'un cheval dans une course hippique, la mener, lui imprimer un rythme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how animer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il y a dans les corps vivants un principe qui les anime. Voir réincarnation.
  2. Selon les grecs Aristotéliciens l'âme animerait le corps 40 jours après la conception.

This word in other languages

bring to life(English)animar(Español)beseelen(Deutsch)inflamar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ainmer
  • aniemr
  • animerr
  • animmer
  • animre
  • anmier
  • annimer
  • naimer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of animer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ainmer2aniemr2animerr1animmer1animre2anmier2annimer1naimer2
Edit distance from "animer"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "animer"?
"animer" is spelled A-N-I-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ni.me\.
What does "animer" mean?
As a verb, "animer" means: Douer de vie un corps organisé.
What words are commonly confused with "animer"?
"animer" is commonly confused with "armer", "aviser", "animes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "animer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "animer" is \a.ni.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "animer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "animer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Adrian#12,707blâmer#12,727boxeur#12,729brisée#12,730

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

buenos8 variantszemmour8 variantssuivra8 variantssuffire8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list